Amateur Astronomy Club
After a stressful 7 minutes during the entry phase of waiting for feedback from the Rover via MRO orbiter it has been confirmed that the Rover has landed successfully on the surface of Mars. Congratulations to the NASA/JPL team for successfully landing another Rover on Mars! Below a happy JPL team from the control room …
The Mars Perseverance Rover is expected to land on the surface of Mars On Thursday (2/18) afternoon around 3:55 PM. NASA TV and along with many other outlets will provide live coverage of the much anticipated landing event. A couple of these live feeds are provided below. Some information is provided below about the Rover …
Perseverance Rover to land on Mars on Thursday Feb 18th around 3:55 PM Read More »
The following article written by Brad Bergan was recently published on Interesting Engineering website regarding attempts by SpaceX to limit the amount of reflected light from their Starlink satellite constellation. The article addresses the attempts to rectify this problem and the results based on analysis of professional astronomer community. Check it out! https://interestingengineering.com/dimmed-spacex-satellites-may-still-undermine-astronomy-argues-new-study?fbclid=IwAR1R7eotG0G-J6Kekm9_K72dFEO0tiUuu3kyDqbaBiiSe6IQgT67iArRxHs
With 2020 behind us, NASA is gearing up for a busy year in 2021, looking forward to more exploration firsts. The agency is working toward sending the first woman and next man to the Moon in 2024 and and will establish sustainable lunar exploration by the end of the decade as part of the Artemis …
The past year has featured some unique astronomical happenings that awed stargazers around the globe, including the surprise appearance of Comet NEOWISE, and as the calendar flips to 2021, there is a diverse slate of events to look for in the night sky. Some people will lose sleep to see one of the biggest events of …
Club member and Astrophotographer Bruce Chuck Card managed to grab sunspot designated AR 2781 recently on Nov 5th. The sun has been in a multi-year minimum of activity so we are happy to see some activity recently. See the picture below that Bruce managed to get from his backyard observatory using his 102mm Refractor with …
This past Thursday 10/8 Aldrich members Bruce Card, Len DiPinto, Kevin Boucher, Anton Grankin and his father, along with new member Tom Barthel was at Aldrich Observatory going for picture of Mars. Anton also went for both Jupiter and Saturn before they set behind the trees. Mars was excellently positioned for capture as this opposition …
While extragalactic “rogue” planets – not orbiting any star – have been reported before, the new exoplanet is the first to be detected orbiting stars in another galaxy. And not just any galaxy … but M51, the beautiful Whirlpool, 23 million light-years away. In recent decades, astronomers have found over 4,000 exoplanets, or worlds orbiting other …
X-ray data reveal 1st-ever planet orbiting stars in another galaxy Read More »
Below are a bunch of amazing shots captured in various central Massachusetts locations of Comet Neowise (C/2020 F3). Comet Neowise became a naked eye comet within last few weeks and now is starting to fade even though it was closest to us on July 23rd. It is still a beautiful site to see through binoculars …
Aldrich Club President Jim Zebrowski created a video on Leadership and Work skills that was selected by students at Mount Wachusett Community College for their remote summer camp which is part of the TRiO program MWCC provides. The TRIO Student Support Services is a federally funded program, one of roughly 1,900 TRIO programs throughout the …
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